Conditions Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Man finds nothing so intolerable as to be in a state of complete rest, without passions, without occupation, without diversion, without effort. Then he…

— Blaise Pascal

Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is…

— Elspeth Huxley

A man endures misfortune without complaint.

— Franz Schubert

A highly learned man has two sources of happiness: Either he abandons all earthly interests or else he possesses much which could be abandoned.

— Anonymous

A man or woman is seldom happy unless he or she is sustaining him or herself and making a contribution to others.

— Zig Ziglar

A man who is always satisfied with himself is seldom so with others, and others as little pleased with him

— François De La Rochefoucauld

There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them…

— William Temple

A man who has nothing he is willing to die for has nothing worth living for

— Martin Luther King, Jr

A man without happiness is neither good nor well.

— Vikrant Parsai

There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.

— Nicolas Chamfort

A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld